Drain-lid for cooking utensils.



G. STRICKER.

DRAIN LID FOR COOKING UTENSILS.

APPLIOATION FILED Nov. 13, 1912.

LQIUQQ@ Patented Mar. 3, n'1914.

WIT/VESSES.' /IV VEN TO Gertrude Stricker l UNITED sTATEs PATENT oEEIcE.

GERTRUDE STRICKER, OF KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR F ONE-THIRD TO WILLIAM STRICKER, 0F KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI.

DRAIN-LID FOR COOKING UTENSILS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented 3, 1914.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, GERTRUDE STRICKER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Kansas City, in the county of Jackson and State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Drain-Lids for Cooking Utensils, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to lids for cooking vessels, and has for its object to provide a lid .for vessels of that class which will hold itself inposition when the vessel is turned to drain the liquid therefrom, while retaining the solid contents.

The iid which I have invented is Simple, easily operated, has no springs nor objectionable features, and may be manufactured at low cost.

In order that the invention may be fully understood, reference will now be made to the accompanying drawings in which:

Figure 1v is a top view of a lid embodying the invention and placed upon a stew-pan but not in locked position; the latter being indicated by dotted lines. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the lid Jin locked position upon the pan, a portionof which is broken away and a portion of the lid shown in section. Fig. 3 is a sectional detail view, on line III-III of Fig. 1.

- l designates a stew-pan or any other cooking vessel that has a bead 2. or outward flange upon its rim.

3'is the handle which is of the usual form.

Lid 4 is circular yin form excepting that it is formed with Ja downwardly and inwardly .turned lip 5, which is adapt-ed to catch under the bead 2 as shown, to hold the lid closed at that side. On the opposite side to said 1i 5 is secured a handle 6. This handle may e secured to the lid in any suitable manner. In the drawing, I have shown it secured to' the lid by means of points 7 which are struck out from the foot portion 8, of the handle and passed through openings in the lid 4 and clenched.

In the handle 6 is a lateral recess 9, one wall of whichvconstitutes a locking lug l10. The handle is provided with a rib 12, which gives ample rigidity and strength. The recess 9 permits the handle 6 to be passed under the vessel handle 3, to the .dotted line position; when in this position, the edge 10 of the lug v10 will be 1n close Contact with the under side of handle 3, as clearly shown in Fig. 2.' The lid when in this position is'.

locked upon the pan, and when It is lifted both handlesy 3 and 6 are grasped atonce,

which causes upward pressure on handle (3 and therefore downward pressure upon the lid 4. By pressing t-he handles toward each. other, thev lug 10'1s caused to slide slightly backward and upward against the curved portion of handle 3, and thus firmly draws lip 5 into engagement with bead 2. Liquid may then be drained bythe spout 12, while the other contents will be retained.

While I think the lip 5 will., be a suiicient holding means in connection with the handle lug 10, yet additional security may be provided. lVith this in mind I may provide the lid with a downwardly projecting member, positioned to bear `against the inside of the vessel. As shown, such a member, 18, is provided by striking it down from the handle and passing said member through the resultant slot in the lid 4. The member 13 is shownin position, in Fig.v 2. Member 13 acts as a positive stop in limiting backward movement of the lid and thus relieves lip 5 of undue strainvafter the same has been firmly drawn into contact With bead 2.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is: 1 f

1. In combination with a cooking utensil having a handle, a lid having a lip to engage'the rim of said utensil,'and a handle on said lid opposite the -lip thereof, said handle having a lateral recess to receive the utensil handle, one wall of said recess con@ stit-uting a locking lug which engages the under side of the utensil handle and draws the lid firmly into engagement with the rim when the handles are pressed toward each other.

2. A lid, a handle on said lid, said handle having a lateral recess one wall of which constitutes a locking lug adaptedto engage the handle of a vessel, and a member projecting downward from the lid in position to contact the inner surface of said vessel. In testimony whereof I affix my signature, in the presence -of two witnesses.

GERTRUDE k.STRICKER Witnesses: w

F. G. FISCHER, L. J. FISCHER. 

